dontwantaname

Put everything outside away. Took the ac's out of the window. Hubby and son refused to do it. Heck, it has to be done soon.
Hubby stores them in the attic. Pia with pull down steps. I just stuck them under the window, or in a closet.

Did all the laundry. Vacummed. Changed the sheets.
Got food and flashlights yesterday.

So....done.

So far I think this storm won't go upstate, so Lynn and GWP should be OK.

I mean it is a category 1. It is just that it is huge and moving slow.
The area may get a bad storm surge, but we are not on any flood maps. Not the the roads aren't. But this is just a pia storm.

WE LURV YOU TOO! Dork!!!
No greater love is lost than that not shared.

And the pilot went out on my hot water heater again so no shower yet. Grrrrrrr. Waiting for it to heat up. How does a pilot light go out in a closed area of a water heater in a completely enclosed closet with no air vents in the door?

Is that the code? I know they changed the code for putting the heating and water heater in a closet. Don't know what it is.
Maybe not enough air?

WE LURV YOU TOO! Dork!!!
No greater love is lost than that not shared.

ThunderThighs

dontwantaname wrote:Put everything outside away. Took the ac's out of the window. Hubby and son refused to do it. Heck, it has to be done soon.
Hubby stores them in the attic. Pia with pull down steps. I just stuck them under the window, or in a closet.

Did all the laundry. Vacummed. Changed the sheets.
Got food and flashlights yesterday.

So....done.

So far I think this storm won't go upstate, so Lynn and GWP should be OK.

I mean it is a category 1. It is just that it is huge and moving slow.
The area may get a bad storm surge, but we are not on any flood maps. Not the the roads aren't. But this is just a pia storm.

Do they get stronger up there as they get closer to shore? Here, they get stronger when they hit warm waters like the gulf and closer to shore.

ThunderThighs

Plumber scheduled for 8am Monday morning. Lady thought it sounded like the heating element. It's a 2 year old water heater. hmmmmm

I have my bed all stripped down and the mattress pad is clean. I don't want to put dirty sheets back on and I don't want to wash them in cold water. But I'm not sure I have another set of sheets with deep enough pockets to go over my deep mattress with padded top & memory foam topper. May try son's water bed.

pooflady

Plumber scheduled for 8am Monday morning. Lady thought it sounded like the heating element. It's a 2 year old water heater. hmmmmm

I have my bed all stripped down and the mattress pad is clean. I don't want to put dirty sheets back on and I don't want to wash them in cold water. But I'm not sure I have another set of sheets with deep enough pockets to go over my deep mattress with padded top & memory foam topper. May try son's water bed.

Iceback

Plumber scheduled for 8am Monday morning. Lady thought it sounded like the heating element. It's a 2 year old water heater. hmmmmm

I have my bed all stripped down and the mattress pad is clean. I don't want to put dirty sheets back on and I don't want to wash them in cold water. But I'm not sure I have another set of sheets with deep enough pockets to go over my deep mattress with padded top & memory foam topper. May try son's water bed.

There is no such thing as a heating element on a gas fired water heater. Just as there is no such thing as one on a gas stove/oven.Only a burner.She may have meant a temperature sensor.
If the pilot works and remains on then it is most likely a bad themalcouple (about a $30-40 part) which is what I would suspect,or a bad gas valve($80-120). that's about all that can go wrong on a water heater.

edit// if it is a fancy electronic one with a damper motor on the exhaust then the motor or pressure/damper possition sensor (depending on manufacture) may be shot.I'm not sure how much those are as we don't usually fix them, we just force the damper open, disconnect the motor and jumper out the switch. You lose a little efficiency but not enough to justify the cost of replacement.

joyner

Ha that is the dohicky! A thermocouple thingy we replaced on my Mom's gas furnace.

Good morning everybody! We are leaving the mountains after the baby shower at 2. The weather forecast is for snow in the higher elevations for tomorrow. I don't want to get stuck like we did a couple of years ago. The tropical storm warning has been canceled for SC.

lplady

pooflady wrote:Forgot LPlady, she should be somewhere around Joe, Skek and Kenney.

Yes Ma'am, you're correct.

As of 5pm today we're under State of Emergency. Expecting possible flooding, loss of power, and the likes in our area. Far from ocean but local river and creeks can be an issue just as they were with Irene.

In the same boat as most people. Hoping for the best but as prepared as possible for the worst. My prayers sent out to all in the path of Sandy especially the NJ coastliners. Doesn't look so hot for them.

pooflady

As of 5pm today we're under State of Emergency. Expecting possible flooding, loss of power, and the likes in our area. Far from ocean but local river and creeks can be an issue just as they were with Irene.

In the same boat as most people. Hoping for the best but as prepared as possible for the worst. My prayers sent out especially to the NJ coastliners. Doesn't look so hot for them.

ThunderThighs

Iceback wrote:There is no such thing as a heating element on a gas fired water heater. Just as there is no such thing as one on a gas stove/oven.Only a burner.She may have meant a temperature sensor.
If the pilot works and remains on then it is most likely a bad themalcouple (about a $30-40 part) which is what I would suspect,or a bad gas valve($80-120). that's about all that can go wrong on a water heater.

edit// if it is a fancy electronic one with a damper motor on the exhaust then the motor or pressure/damper possition sensor (depending on manufacture) may be shot.I'm not sure how much those are as we don't usually fix them, we just force the damper open, disconnect the motor and jumper out the switch. You lose a little efficiency but not enough to justify the cost of replacement.

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